Kenny Florian ready to stop B.J. Penn (flag)
www.bostonherald.com — T hough he has been climbing the ranks in the UFC s lightweight division for the past year, Kenny Florian has been careful to avoid challenging champion B.J. Penn. That changed Nov. 15 at UFC 91, when Florian, immediately after dominating Joe Stevenson, called out Penn in his post-fight ...
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Kenny Florian: BJ Penn is ‘human’ and ‘can be beaten’
UFC blog for UFC news, results, videos, rumors, fights, pics and tickets -- MMAmania.com — Props: Boston Herald Quoteworthy: “With B.J., you have to keep him motivated. Hopefully after that performance he does see me as a threat and sees it as a potential great fight. I wanted to let him know that I was there and that’s how I feel about him…. I know I have a lot to learn and a lot to still improve upon, but at the end of the day, B.J. Penn is human. If he’s human, that means he can be beaten and, with the trainers that I have, I feel that anyone can be beat. I know that I’ll figure out a way to do it.” Kenny Florian talks about the reason he called out UFC Lightweight Champion BJ Penn during his ...

A Very Special Thanksgiving Edition of the Instant News
instantmma.net — Props to Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving, InstantMMA.net had a great one, and we’re excited for the full plate of MMA we have coming up in December. Without further ado, here is a quick recap of the news for the since Thursday. Despite Cro Cop stating that he would fight him in a basement, Bloodsport style, it looks like his ...

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